Tell me if you have heard this before. Sidney Crosby whines. Live in attendance at the Verizon Center, the Sports Freak and I witnessed hat tricks by both Alex Ovechkin and Crosby. Ovie got his first and the shower of caps (pardon the pun) came flying down. Apparently to Crosby's dislike.

I may be a Caps fan, but I am aware there are great players not on the Capitals. Crosby and Malkin are two such players. I felt that Crosby might have been misunderstood prior to Game 2. His style is very different from Ovechkin's. Crosby is the quiet player who is out to do his job efficiently. Such as he did last night with the hat trick. But to complain about the hats flying down is just unbelievable. Crybaby is an understatement. Your team is now losing the game 4-2, so shut up and play. You had 7 minutes left. You got one on a 6-4 advantage. Good for you.

I wonder if one day Crosby collects a hat trick in Pittsburgh, he'll ask an announcement be made to stop the rain of hats. Or maybe the arenas should be emptied like some football matches in Europe. No fans, no hat trick celebration. Perfect in the Crosby world. Really, you don't understand why the Caps fans were excited by a hat trick by their star player, in the playoffs, leading to a win and the 2-0 advantage in the series? Really?